The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-30
OHILpRRN OF MANY MINna,..
maine School Teachers tell the PecuIIari-
| ties OF their Pupils,

ties oftheIr Pupils.
We were pleased particularly with the
progress made In drawing, the creative
sKlll displayed In original DESIGNS.
some OF them being 81 for perpetuitV I'M
carpets or embroidery. The Interesting
Iesture OF drawing Is that Il brouQht
lnto action a set of faculties that the
Otner branches allow to 90 into the dor
mitory. Many children. get the rennta-
tlon OF being dullaTdp, simpIv beeausa
tDey are not aroused by Something kim
dred TO their talent. On this poiSt wa
Will let some of the teachers talk. am
you see that Old English on the black
OOardE That boy is q Door sohoI.r IN
several branches, but he shows soma
ihlng ike talent In drawing, A GOOD
designer In one Of our cotton Lswiston
COTTON mills gets bigger salary than
any LeWistonian does In any of the
learned professions"
i nave an Irish boy In nv room.~
says another teacher, "who can express
nlmselr the best of any lad in school.
he WORKS before and after school. and
pays his way, but he Is quite a DhsnOm-
enon IN language and in general In,
formation. Then I have another how
VINO ls very queer. He Is the
smartest lad In geography /
ever saw; but he csn do
almost nothing In reading. have an
otner little chap In my school about as
zig as Bland dOllar-he did that fine
drawing on the board. He's prodigy
IN hlstory--he knows all there ia ontaida
tne book as we'll as inside, And he is
put eleven years old. Then do Won see
this In the drawing bookP That lad
doesn't average over 20 In the balance
Ing" ''' "AA Al uA""-
Another teacher says: Some of nv
pupils can't do any oral work. but will
40 wonders on paper and slate" Yon
see tne OK tempore boy or girl ia not
made, but born. Not eyervbodv can
speak in meetin'." "This," saws an
other teacher, Shows whv written az.
aminations on the whole are fairer If
knows" NUhAA
1oud be astonished," said one teacher
TO the Journal recently. $50 see how a
confident boy can impose misinforma,
tlon or shortage of Information on q
tescner. l often hear children saw:
ION never studies at all, but somehOw
ne always makes a good appearance at
recitation" f''1O0 ~
AS whole" says one of the Auburn
teachers, what particularly impreSses
me ls the regularity rather than the
irregnlsrity of the talents In nv school," !"
This may strengthen the theory that the
race, Is advancing intellectually as a
whole, but that genius Is not go nIentv
as 1t Us d to be.
| "pVa n hOv - ae vo ~, n toooho. OL T.
dTeadfuIly lazy, but he has good mind.
When call for the defiaItion of a Decn.
iar VOTE, ne knows all about It. He
gHuuies llttle, but he knows good DEAL"
@ 1nsG BOY probably is great reader.
we'll wager ne Is close student Of the
newspapers. He will make a man, no
aOGot, put ne misses good deal In over
iOOKing tne three Rs, "Then, too" the
Ieacner continues. II have some pupils
VINO are very cOmat0se on arithmetic,
ana nave one boy who can't spell any
tAng, and q bright boy, too, In several
stGales. 4 don't know as he could spell
A1ourn az the point Of the bayOnet."
One tescher says: II have boy who
Lss painful stupid In several branches,
out ne nas lively Imagination and can
school," -
I've one pupil who can reason out
almost anything In mathematics, has a
good, practical mind, Imagination ex-
cel!ent, studious. and a good boy
loves fun BESIDES"
"One Of my boys" says another
teacher, 'fs very smart In everything
out arithmetic, which he can't see
through, any wsy. Yet he has vivid
lmP giaation and wonderful memory"